Fee modulation
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Barrier
A barrier can be formed by adding components to packaging materials, such as a coating, laminate, or blended into pulp or granulate. This can create a barrier against external influences, such as mois ...
Carbon black
commonly used black pigment for plastics. Carbon black absorbs NIR radiation. See also the term ‘Near Infrared (NIR)’. Plastics colored with carbon black are therefore not yet detected in sorting faci ...
Coating
A coating is a thin layer of material applied to a base material. The coating serves to add properties that the base material lacks.Glass-specificAn addition to the surface of the glass after the pack ...
Contactsensitive (disposable unit)
Contact sensitive refers to materials suitable for direct food contact (humans and animals), for products for skin contact (cosmetics), and for the packaging of hazardous substances.
Degree of coverage
The percentage of the main component that is covered by, for example, a label, sleeve, or printing with Carbon Black, determines whether the NIR scanner can still correctly identify the material of th ...
Deposit packaging
A deposit is an additional amount paid for the packaging of a packaged product when purchasing it, and refunded when the packaging is returned. This encourages the reuse of packaging and creates a clo ...
Disposable unit
Most packaging is discarded in its entirety after use and is, therefore, considered a single disposable unit. Packaging that is not discarded in its entirety but as several separate componen ...
Disruptive Substance
A substance that disrupts the sorting and recycling process and/or the quality of recycled materials. These substances negatively impact more than just their own packaging. Some examples of disruptive ...
Flexible Packaging (plastic)
Flexible packaging, for example made of plastic or aluminum foil, is characterized by its application: it is not rigid and can partially adapt to applied loads. The range of applications is broad, fro ...
Good recyclable packaging
Packaging that has been assessed using the Recycle Check, and where all details of the packaging are optimally suited for recycling. This makes it "good recyclable" according to the definition of recy ...
In-Mould Label (IML)
A label that is applied in the mold and fuses with the packaging, usually used in injection molding, blow molding, or thermoforming of packaging.
Mass Balance
A mass balance describes all inputs and outputs of a system or installation. The total input must correspond to the total output. For packaging waste subjected to chemical recycling, the recycled amou ...
Material layer
A material layer is a separate layer within a plastic package consisting of a single primary material or polymer. This layer:Usually has a thickness of more than 1 micrometer (1µm = 10⁻⁶ m).Is applied ...
Mono-material
Mono-materials are made from a single type of polymer. This can be a single layer of a specific polymer, or multiple layers of the same polymer (for example, two outer layers of virgin plastic with a ...
NIR Scanner (Near‑Infrared)
In the recycling industry, NIR scanners (Near-Infrared scanners) are widely used for the automatic sorting of materials. An NIR scanner is an optical measuring device that uses near-infrared light (wa ...
Obligation to contribute
The contribution obligation relates to the Waste Management Contribution for Packaging. The following frameworks apply:Are you a producer and/or an importer and do you release in excess of 50,000 kilo ...
Polymer
Polymer is a large molecule, synthetic or natural, characterized by the sequence of one or more types of monomer units which are covalently bound to each other. The specific composition of the monomer ...
Post‑Consumer Recyclate (PCR)
Post-consumer recyclate consists of used packaging that has fulfilled its role, been discarded, and processed in standard waste systems. “Consumers” include households and out‑of‑home users (businesse ...
Primary packaging
Definition Primary packaging (before August 12, 2026)Primary packaging, or sales packaging, is the packaging in which the product is purchased or received by the consumer/end user. The packaging is de ...
Printing
There are several printing methods, in which dyes are used to apply an imprint to a material. The choice of printing technique depends on the type of material and the intended application of the packa ...
Producer or Importer of Packaged Products
From 1 January 2023 to August 12 2026:Producer or importer: any natural or legal person established in the Netherlands who:places products in packaging on the market;professionally imports products in ...
Recyclability
Definition of recyclability (before August 12 2026)Recyclability concerns the extent to which packaging or a disposable unit can be processed by the current system of collecting, sorting, and rec ...
Recyclate
The output of a completed recycling process that can be used directly to make intermediates or end products. There are two types of recycled material streams: Post-industrial recyclate Post- ...
Rigid packaging (plastic)
A rigid packaging is a stiff packaging that is not easily deformed or cannot be crumpled into a ball (even when empty). Characteristics: The material of a PE or PP main component is usually thicker th ...
Secondary packaging
Definition of Secondary Packaging (before 12 August 2026)Packaging designed to form a collection of a number of sales units at the point of sale, regardless of whether it is sold as such to the end us ...
Sub-components
In addition to a main component, a disposable unit often also consists of sub-components. These are additional parts, such as labels and closures, which are processed together with the main component ...
Target material
The target material is the material that ultimately needs to be recycled into a new raw material. In most cases, this is the most prevalent material in the disposal unit, often the material of the mai ...
Tertiary packaging
Definition of Tertiary Packaging (before 12 August 2026)Packaging designed to facilitate the loading and transport of a number of sales units or collective packagings in order to prevent physical dama ...
Washable inks
Inks that release from the printed material, but do not dissolve in water, allowing them to be filtered from the water.
Waste management fee
Contribution to the costs of waste management. Verpact uses the waste management contribution to cover the costs incurred in the collection and recycling of packaging. The Packaging Waste Management F ...